# Swimming at the Friendship Games

Swimming at the Friendship Games took place at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Soviet Union between 19 August and 25 August 1984. 29 events (15 men's and 14 women's) were contested.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Sergey Smiriagin (URS) | 50.26 | Aleksey Markovsky (URS) | 50.39 | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | 50.58 |
| 200 m freestyle | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | 1:49.83 | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | 1:50.33 | Sergey Krasyuk (URS) | 1:51.09 |
| 400 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 3:49.27 | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | 3:50.98 | Sviatoslav Semenov (URS) | 3:53.34 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 15:03.51 | Uwe Dassler (GDR) | 15:11.14 | Sviatoslav Semenov (URS) | 15:25.56 |
| 100 m backstroke | Dirk Richter (GDR) | 55.67 | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | 55.88 | Frank Baltrusch (GDR) | 56.39 |
| 200 metre backstroke | Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) | 1:58.41 (WR) | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | 1:59.54 | Dirk Richter (GDR) | 2:00.30 |
| 100 metre breaststroke | Dmitry Volkov (URS) | 1:03.72 | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | 1:03.87 | Sigurd Hanke (GDR) | 1:05.16 |
| 200 metre breaststroke | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | 2:15.70 | Dmitry Volkov (URS) | 2:16.97 | Albán Vermes (HUN) | 2:21.19 |
| 100 metre butterfly | Aleksey Markovsky (URS) | 54.26 | Alexandr Prigoda (URS) | 55.08 | Marcel Géry (TCH) | 55.17 |
| 200 metre butterfly | Alexandr Prigoda (URS) | 1:58.83 | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. (URS) | 1:59.52 | Marcel Géry (TCH) | 2:00.34 |
| 200 metre individual medley | Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) | 2:02.51 | Josef Hladký (TCH) | 2:03.33 | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) | 2:03.35 |
| 400 metre individual medley | Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) | 4:18.29 | Sergey Pichugin (URS) | 4:25.19 | Josef Hladký (TCH) | 4:26.29 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Smiriagin Sergey Kurbatov Sergey Krasyuk Aleksey Markovsky | 3:20.19 | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Rene Wanzlik Sven Lodziewski Reiner Sternal | 3:22.92 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jarmil Proněk Petr Kladiva Josef Hladký Marcel Géry | 3:27.31 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Steffen Liess Reiner Sternal Sven Lodziewski | 7:20.78 | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Andrei Liashenko Vladimir Salnikov Sergey Krasyuk | 7:22.31 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Martin Dvořák Petr Kladiva Josef Hladký Marcel Géry | 7:24.78 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Dmitry Volkov Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Smiriagin | 3:42.15 | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Sigurd Hanke Tino Ott Sven Lodziewski | 3:43.23 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Josef Hladký Petr Matoušek Petr Kladiva Marcel Géry | 3:43.25 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 55.75 | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | 55.79 | Svitlana Kopchykova (URS) | 56.53 |
| 200 m freestyle | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 1:59.48 | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | 2:00.15 | Svitlana Kopchykova (URS) | 2:00.47 |
| 400 m freestyle | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | 4:07.66 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 4:09.70 | Anke Sonnenbrodt (GDR) | 4:16.21 |
| 800 m freestyle | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | 8:24.95 | Grit Richter (GDR) | 8:33.47 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 8:39.57 |
| 100 m backstroke | Ina Kleber (GDR) | 1:00.99 | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 1:02.02 | Viktoriya Klochko (URS) | 1:03.67 |
| 200 m backstroke | Katrin Zimmermann (GDR) | 2:12.56 | Yelena Dendeberova (URS) | 2:13.31 | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 2:15.16 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | 1:08.29 (WR) | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 1:08.59 | Larisa Byelokon (URS) | 1:09.63 |
| 200 metre breaststroke | Larisa Byelokon (URS) | 2:29.13 | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | 2:29.62 | Yelena Volkova (URS) | 2:32.36 |
| 100 metre butterfly | Tatyana Kurnikova (URS) | 59.41 | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 1:00.09 | Yelena Osadchuk (URS) | 1:01.33 |
| 200 m butterfly | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 2:09.96 | Yelena Osadchuk (URS) | 2:11.76 | Tatyana Kurnikova (URS) | 2:12.41 |
| 200 m individual medley | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 2:11.79 | Yelena Dendeberova (URS) | 2:14.56 | Svitlana Kopchykova (URS) | 2:15.40 |
| 400 m individual medley | Yelena Dendeberova (URS) | 4:43.78 | Kathleen Nord (GDR) | 4:49.49 | Sonia Blagova (BUL) | 4:52.35 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany (GDR) Kristin Otto Caren König Heike Friedrich Birgit Meineke | 3:42.41 (WR) | Soviet Union (URS) Svitlana Kopchykova Svetlana Didienko Tatyana Kurnikova Yelena Dendeberova | 3:44.31 | Hungary (HUN) Edit Ormos Katalin Nagy Ágnes Fodor Andrea Orosz | 3:55.42 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | East Germany (GDR) Ina Kleber Sylvia Gerasch Ines Geißler Birgit Meineke | 4:03.69 (WR) | Soviet Union (URS) Viktoriya Klochko Larisa Byelokon Tatyana Kurnikova Svitlana Kopchykova | 4:08.13 | Bulgaria (BUL) Bistra Gospodinova Tanya Bogomilova Radosveta Pironkova Vanja Argirova | 4:16.74 |

## World records broken

Five new world records were set.

### Men's

| Event | Name | Nationality | Result |
| Men's 200 metre backstroke | Sergei Zabolotnov | Soviet Union | 1:58.41 |

### Women's

| Event | Name | Nationality | Result |
| Women's 100 m backstroke | Ina Kleber | East Germany | 1:00.59 |
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | Sylvia Gerasch | East Germany | 1:08.29 |
| Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay | Kristin Otto Caren König Heike Friedrich Birgit Meineke | East Germany | 3:42.41 |
| Women's 4×100 m medley relay | Ina Kleber Sylvia Gerasch Ines Geißler Birgit Meineke | East Germany | 4:03.69 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 16 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 13 | 16 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |